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IMPLE ORTHETIC DEVICES can be made for the fingers and thumb S that will permit necessary functional use but prevent most of the persistent positions of fault that could lead to structural deformity. It therefore seems reasonable to believe that if these devices can be fitted at the earliest signs of persistent faulty alinement in arthritic joints, and if the patient will wear these devices, functionally dangerous deformities can be avoid-ed, or significantly controlled. Most of us have long used "rest splints" for the control of pain and deformity, and "corrective splints" to overcome or retard deformity. While these are orthetic devices of proven value, most of them are heavy, cumbersome, and poorly adapted to the functional requirements of the hand. For the past several years, we have attempted to develop orthetic devices that could be used during both daily activity and nightly rest. To prevent deformity, such devices would be prescribed as part of a total program to retain joint mobility and muscle strength. The devices would be indicated as soon as the earliest deviations from normal alinement were noted. A device to prevent deformity in an involved, but still mobile and resp

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Author

Robert L. Bennett

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0004-3591)

Published

1965

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)